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Should I ship a Hunting Sports game?
Hunting + Sports
Only 15 developers shipped a Hunting Sports game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, BULT: Hunting simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×1.5 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90; 1 in 20 cleared $260k, ×415 the market median. Revenue is down 95% on the market; 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,994) |
| Top 5% | $260k (exactly $260,439) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 15 |
| Released games | 65 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 95% on the market, supply 15% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 2%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Hunting, Sports; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Simulation, Action, Arcade
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $39.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Realistic, 3D, First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $39.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 83% positive over 1,438 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 7 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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Comparable games
theHunter: Call of the Wild™ 2017 · $102M 
Way of the Hunter 2022 · $7.7M 
Call of the Wild: The Angler™ 2022 · $5.5M 
Hunting Simulator 2 2020 · $1.1M 
Euro Fishing 2015 · $673k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | older | $19.99 | 170,472 89% | 5.1M | $102M (exactly $102,232,058) | Expansive Worlds |
| | Way of the Hunter | older | $29.99 | 8,528 81% | 256k | $7.7M (exactly $7,672,642) | Nine Rocks Games |
| | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | older | $29.99 | 6,122 63% | 184k | $5.5M (exactly $5,507,963) | Expansive Worlds |
| | Hunting Simulator 2 | older | $39.99 | 904 70% | 27k | $1.1M (exactly $1,084,529) | Nacon Studio Ghent |
| | Euro Fishing | older | $14.99 | 1,496 64% | 45k | $673k (exactly $672,751) | Dovetail Games |
 | Fishing Sim World®: Pro Tour | older | $19.99 | 945 80% | 28k | $567k (exactly $566,716) | Dovetail Games |
 | BULT: Hunting simulator | · EA | $9.99 | 869 87% | 26k | $260k (exactly $260,439) | Nordrise |
 | The Catch: Carp & Coarse Fishing | older | $14.99 | 328 74% | 9.8k | $148k (exactly $147,502) | Dovetail Games |
 | Virtual Hunter | $24.99 | 173 71% | 5.2k | $130k (exactly $129,698) | Korpi Games Oy | |
 | Project Hunt | older | $24.99 | 155 88% | 4.7k | $116k (exactly $116,204) | Mind Mythic |
 | Catch Me | $5.99 | 178 70% | 5.3k | $32k (exactly $31,987) | Doorway Games | |
 | Big Buck Hunter: Ultimate Trophy | $39.99 | 20 60% | 600 | $24k (exactly $23,994) | Cradle Games, Play Mechanix, Inc | |
 | The Original Moorhuhn Hunt | $2.99 | 140 97% | 4.2k | $13k (exactly $12,558) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Moorhuhn Remake | $2.99 | 38 89% | 1.1k | $3.4k (exactly $3,409) | Higgs Games GmbH, GeekPit Studio | |
 | Open Hunting XL | $8.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $1.6k (exactly $1,618) | Kunstaat | |
 | Fish Box | $4.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | DoXMo | |
 | Spearfishing Simulator | $7.99 | 4 50% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Riv3r | |
 | Peaceful Bug Catching Story | $11.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $719 (exactly $719) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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